Feed me blunt wooden cylinders and I will spit out curly cedar ribbons, giving every dull pencil back its point before the morning quiz. What am I?
A pencil sharpener
Pencil sharpeners shave away the wood of pencils to expose and taper the lead core.
About this riddle
Wordplay riddles depend on how words look and sound. Watch for double meanings, hidden words and letters you can move or remove.
Difficulty: Medium. More like this: Wordplay riddles with answers or try Anagrid for a different kind of puzzle.
More wordplay riddles
Santa drives me across rooftop snows on Christmas Eve, yet spoken aloud, I share my sound with an ancient verb meaning to defeat a monstrous beast in battle. What vehicle am I?
What musical genre do festive autumn turkeys listen to when they want to relax?
I am a wooden road that never sees a car, built right alongside the beach so you can stroll, eat ice cream, and enjoy vacation games. What am I?
What did the wise old oak tree whisper to the falling leaves on the first day of autumn?
What classic sidewalk game requires a rabbit's favorite bounding movement in its name alongside a word for a Scottish drink?
What is full of holes, yet manages to hold a vast amount of water anyway?